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Bed bath at 5am each morning

Posted By Jo200

"Bed bath at 5am each morning"

About: Royal Alexandra Hospital / Cardiology

(as a relative),

My gran was recently admitted to the Coronary Care unit in the Royal Alexandra Hospital. The nursing care throughout the day was fantastic. The only downfall was my gran being given a bed bath at 5am each morning. My gran is a mobile and independent woman and this was not necessary, not to mention the time .... effectively the middle of the night!

The nurses asked if she would like to be washed and she did consent as she did not want to ‘upset’ the nurses, however to be woken up to be washed at 5am is ridiculous in a place where rest should be promoted. 

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Response from Marie Farrell, Sector Director - Clyde, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 7 years ago
Marie Farrell
Sector Director - Clyde,
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Submitted on 25/01/2018 at 17:35
Published on Care Opinion on 26/01/2018 at 09:19

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Dear Jo200

I am sorry to hear of your Gran’s poor experience in relation to this aspect of her nursing care while she was a patient in CCU of the RAH. I have discussed this with my Chief Nurse for Clyde who agrees that this is completely unacceptable. The only rationale for a patient being assisted with their personal hygiene very early in the morning would be if there were clinical reasons to do so – clearly this is not so in your Gran’s case. The Chief Nurse has spoken to the Lead Nurse responsible for this ward and has reminded all staff that this practice must not take place.

Please accept our sincere apologies for this. Should you wish to discuss this further you can contact the Lead Nurse of the area Mrs Val Richmond and her email address is Valerie.Richmond@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

I also thank you for your kind words re other aspects of her nursing care in CCU.

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